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package com.google.inject.matcher;
/**
* Returns {@code true} or {@code false} for a given input.
*
* @author [email protected] (Bob Lee)
*/
public interface Matcher {
/** Returns {@code true} if this matches {@code t}, {@code false} otherwise. */
boolean matches(T t);
/**
* Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if both this and the given matcher return
* {@code true}.
*/
Matcher and(Matcher other);
/**
* Returns a new matcher which returns {@code true} if either this or the given matcher return
* {@code true}.
*/
Matcher or(Matcher other);
}